File Adapter creates file with old record.

Hi,
I am working on Oracle Soa suite and trying to find out the the ways to Write file with the help of File Adaptor. But I find a problem with the file Adaptor that whenever I try to write updated rows to the file, it provides the earlier values in the rows and the new values are not written to the file.
Regards
Udit

Hi Anton,
As Sudhir mentioned, there could be a problem of correct data. The best solution is :
Inside your RFC code just validate the code for empty values. e.g
IF NOT ITAB_RFC[] IS INITIAL.
**ITAB_RFC internal table data.
ENDIF.
and after validating this, if still you are getting some file with "0" length, then check File Content Conv in your CC.
Regards,
Sarvesh

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Hello Guys,
the XI get messages from the Backend via RFC and when the File-Adapter writes the Message sometimes with length 0
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/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/03/introduction-to-simple-file-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart2 - File to File Part 2
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter - FCC
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter - FCC
/people/jeyakumar.muthu2/blog/2005/11/29/file-content-conversion-for-unequal-number-of-columns - FCC
/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file - FCC
/people/harrison.holland5/blog/2006/12/20/xi-configuration-for-mdm-integration--sample-scenario - FCC - MDM
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/04/03/xi-in-the-role-of-a-ftp - FCC
/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/14/file-to-r3-via-abap-proxy - FCC
/people/mickael.huchet/blog/2006/09/18/xipi-how-to-exclude-files-in-a-sender-file-adapter - EOIO - File
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I would like to use a filename like this:
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Edited by: Christian Riekenberg on Mar 10, 2009 4:02 PM
Edited by: Christian Riekenberg on Mar 10, 2009 4:05 PM

your file name needs to be
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/03612cdecc6e76e10000000a422035/frameset.htm

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(Sorry i dont know how to insert screen shot here..pls tell me how can i insert screen shots here on sdn)
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Thanks a lot for giving me the way to this. But when i tested this with the below file its giving me the same error. Please let me know if i need to do any changes to the parameters mentioned above:-
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EMPL ,0011111,   Cash Top Up ,20080401 ,20080430 ,TPV ,                          00000000431250 ,2007                                    , , , , , ,20080414 18:07:35,
EMPL ,0222222,   r Cash Award ,20070701 ,20070703 ,TPV ,                          00000000023509 ,2007                                    , , , , , ,20080414 18:09:31,
EMPL ,0233333, r Cash Award ,20070801 ,20070831 ,TPV ,                          00000000044057 ,2007                                    , , , , , ,20080414 18:10:56,
EMPL ,0244444,   Cash Award ,20080101 ,20080111 ,TPV ,                          00000000026717 ,2007                                    , , , , , ,20080414 18:08:29,
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EMPL ,0800000, S Leaver Cash Award ,20070701 ,20070731 ,TPV ,                          00000000012234 ,2007                                    , , , , , ,20080414 18:08:34,
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<a href="/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/06/28/xipi-faq-frequently-asked-questions">XI / PI FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions</a>

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